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it is amazing what rich people can get away with. if this was a Latino woman in Arizona she'd be dead by now. edit: see my great-grandchild comment to gain a

it is amazing what rich people can get away with. if this was a Latino woman in Arizona she'd be dead by now. edit: see my great-grandchild comment to gain a bit more info I to what I was thinking, here.

owlglass 4y ago
Why make it about race? It's about her being wealthy and connected; rich, well-connected minorities get away with things all the time
- Clubber 4y ago
  The powers that be have trained us to make everything about race instead of about class, because if it was about class, the powers would have a harder time getting away with it. It also keeps us separated politically.
  - Firmwarrior 4y ago
    Amen to that I'm not usually a conspiracy theorist, but I think this is a very thorough and very effective ongoing response to Occupy Wall Street. That movement has been handily forked into the completely pointless: Trump vs Mexicans, Bernie vs Billionaires, and Democrats vs Nazis
  - naikrovek 4y ago
    no powers that be, here. I was thinking of a Latino woman who was arrested while in labor for a traffic violation and she was handcuffed to the hospital bed and arrested as soon as she delivered. if she was rich that would not have happened. if she was white that would not have happened. poor people pay for being poor every day of their lives in dozens of ways. minorities pay for being minorities every day of their lives in dozens of ways. I could have separated wealth from race, yes, and I should have.
    - Clubber 4y ago
      >if she was rich that would not have happened. This is probably true. More specifically if the police knew she was rich. >if she was white that would not have happened. I dunno, I watch a lot of videos where cops behave badly, so much so I had to stop watching them because it was affecting my mood. There's plenty of white people who get treated like crap. It happens to everybody because it's not about race, it's about class. Here's a white guy getting tazed because he didn't comply fast enough. He didn't comply fast enough because he was deaf. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUYWJJkipPQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUYWJJkipPQ It's not about race, it's about class.

owlglass 4y ago

Why make it about race? It's about her being wealthy and connected; rich, well-connected minorities get away with things all the time

Clubber 4y ago
The powers that be have trained us to make everything about race instead of about class, because if it was about class, the powers would have a harder time getting away with it. It also keeps us separated politically.
- Firmwarrior 4y ago
  Amen to that I'm not usually a conspiracy theorist, but I think this is a very thorough and very effective ongoing response to Occupy Wall Street. That movement has been handily forked into the completely pointless: Trump vs Mexicans, Bernie vs Billionaires, and Democrats vs Nazis
- naikrovek 4y ago
  no powers that be, here. I was thinking of a Latino woman who was arrested while in labor for a traffic violation and she was handcuffed to the hospital bed and arrested as soon as she delivered. if she was rich that would not have happened. if she was white that would not have happened. poor people pay for being poor every day of their lives in dozens of ways. minorities pay for being minorities every day of their lives in dozens of ways. I could have separated wealth from race, yes, and I should have.
  - Clubber 4y ago
    >if she was rich that would not have happened. This is probably true. More specifically if the police knew she was rich. >if she was white that would not have happened. I dunno, I watch a lot of videos where cops behave badly, so much so I had to stop watching them because it was affecting my mood. There's plenty of white people who get treated like crap. It happens to everybody because it's not about race, it's about class. Here's a white guy getting tazed because he didn't comply fast enough. He didn't comply fast enough because he was deaf. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUYWJJkipPQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUYWJJkipPQ It's not about race, it's about class.